NEW YORK, April 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sizmek (Nasdaq:SZMK) a global open ad management company that delivers multiscreen campaigns, announced today 2 new sales RVPs and the promotion of Canaan Schladale-Zink to VP Sales, who has been with the company for eight years. Most recently Canaan served as the RVP Sales, East, leading a high-performance team.
Patrick Meehan will be joining the Sizmek team as RVP Sales, West, and will be based in the Sizmek LA office. Patrick comes to Sizmek from Google, where he was the head of Platform Sales responsible for large holding company relationships. He was previously Director of Agency Sales and Account Management at DoubleClick.
Tony Lane, the new RVP Sales, Central, will be based in Sizmek's Chicago office. Tony brings a wealth of ad tech experience, most recently from PointRoll, where he co-managed teams in the Midwest, Southeast and Canada. He previously held senior sales positions at USATODAY.com and ad network RadiumOne.
"In building out our sales team in North America, it was very important to us that our leadership has a deep understanding of our clients' business as well as a demonstrated ability to manage a high growth business. Both Patrick and Tony bring with them a wealth of experience and knowledge that will further our position in the market," said Andy Ellenthal, EVP Sales and Operations at Sizmek. "Coupled with Canaan's successful experience where sales have grown significantly at Sizmek, I am confident that this team is capable of building on our already strong North American position."
Both Meehan and Lane will join the company in April.
About Sizmek
Sizmek Inc. (Nasdaq:SZMK) fuels digital advertising campaigns for advertisers and agencies around the world with cutting-edge technology to engage audiences across any screen. For the last 15 years, the online business that is now Sizmek has proudly pioneered industry firsts in digital, including rich media, video and online targeted advertising across channels. Sizmek's open ad management stack, Sizmek MDX, delivers the most creative and impactful multiscreen digital campaigns, across mobile, display, rich media, video and social, all powered by an unrivaled data platform. With New York City as a center of operations, Sizmek connects over 13,000 advertisers and over 5,000 agencies to audiences, serving more than 1.5 trillion impressions a year. Sizmek operates on the ground in 48 countries with a team of over 850 employees. For more information visit www.sizmek.com